Is there a more significant week on the Auckland social schedule than Auckland Cup Week? Neigh, Vodafone Derby Day and Barfoot &Thompson Auckland Cup Day are the most anticipated, and stylish racing events of the year.

Spring has been and (nearly) gone - in all its bright floral glory - it brought us warmer weather, a seasonal wardrobe change-up, as well as some of the city’s most hotly anticipated events; Ellerslie’s Whips n Spurs and OMF Melbourne Cup Day.